Andreas Stoch (born 10 October 1969) is a German politician and member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.
Stoch passed his second state examination in 1997 and worked as an independent lawyer with a focus on civil and commercial law in Heidenheim from 1998.
Stoch was appointed as Minister for Culture, Youth and Sport in 2013 to replace fellow SPD member Gabriele Warminski-Leitheußer, who resigned in early January.
However, he won just 19.4% of votes, third behind the Greens' Martin Grath (26.1%) and incumbent CDU deputy Bernd Hitzler (25.1%).
[5] The SPD's performance statewide substantially worsened, falling to fourth place, and they did not return to government after the election.
On 24 November 2018, Stoch was elected leader of the state branch of the SPD at a party conference, succeeding Leni Breymaier.